The PM says the "one in, one out" deal with France would prove trying to get to the UK via the Channel would be "in vain".

Plan for Channel crossings marks forward step for the two leaders, though further UK funding remains a sticking point

Keir Starmer is hoping for 'concrete progress' on the crisis as the French president wraps up his three-day State Visit to the UK.

The prime minister and President Macron agreed a ‘one for one’ deal to swap small boat migrants for asylum seekers after negotiations this week

French president to end three-day visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal crossings

Starmer says in exchange for every migrant returned, another migrant will be allowed to enter the UK legally

Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Crackdown on small boat arrivals similar to EU-Turkiye deal, comes as Starmer under increasing pressure from hard right.

Britain and France agreed on Thursday to launch a pilot program that will return some migrants who cross the English Channel in small boats back to France,...

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Asylum seekers crossing the English Channel to the UK will be exchanged for migrants with British ties that have entered France.

The PM says the "one in, one out" deal with France would prove trying to get to the UK via the Channel would be "in vain".

Deal agreed the same day 220 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain, taking the number of people arriving in small boats to 21,000 this year already

Some migrants arriving in the UK will be sent back to France under the deal